Washington Report
The Washington Report offers NCSHA members a weekly update on the latest affordable housing developments in Washington, as well as NCSHA activities and HFA initiatives and innovations. To learn more about NCSHA, membership, or upcoming events, please contact us. We welcome media inquiries; please contact Lisa Bowman, Director, Marketing and Communications.
NCSHA Washington Report | January 27, 2023
The disappointment expressed by both landlord groups and renter advocates at the Biden – Harris Administration’s announcement this week of new federal initiatives intended...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 20, 2023
There’s still cause for cautious optimism that some of the most significant and enduring economic disruptions of the pandemic — the rise of remote work and the partial emptying of downtowns...
NCSHA Washington Report | January 6, 2023
Five reasons for some optimism about affordable housing finance and development at the start of 2023: The Homeowner Assistance Fund is working. Created by Congress to help economically...
NCSHA Washington Report | SPECIAL EDITION | December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022: UPDATE Congress has passed the FY 2023 Omnibus appropriations legislation, with the House voting this afternoon 225-201 plus one member voting present following Senate...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 16, 2022
Housers have to hope for a compromise between Democrats and Republicans in the next few days on legislation that includes the top tax priority of the moment for each — because otherwise...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 9, 2022
Covid-19 and rising trade tensions with China have ushered in a surprising, bipartisan embrace of a national “industrial policy,” the idea that government should support industries deemed...
NCSHA Washington Report | December 2, 2022
Unsung efforts by policymakers and mortgage industry players, including state HFAs, to keep a lid on home foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies during Covid’s worst periods were highly...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 18, 2022
At a White House meeting this week, a senior administration official told a group of housing industry representatives that the keys to success in securing more federal funds for affordable home...
NCSHA Washington Report | November 4, 2022
The congressional session scheduled to start with a Senate roll call vote the evening of November 14 will mark the 14th lame duck legislative period in the last 15 Congresses. Like most of them,...
NCSHA Washington Report | October 21, 2022
The nation’s state housing finance agencies and their business and community partners will convene in Houston starting this weekend for NCSHA’s first in-person annual conference in three...
